Device for protecting and hanging trousers



Sept. 10, 1957 s. H. MARKS 2,805,767

DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AND HANGING TROUSERS Filed May 10, 1955 INVENTSAUL H. MA 5 |s BY DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AND HANGING TROUSERS Saul H.Marks, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Phoenix Closet Accessories, Inc.,New York, N. Y a corporation of New Jersey Application May 10, 1955,Serial No. 507,269

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-7) This invention relates to What might be termedtrouser hanging devices. More particularly, the invention deals with adevice of this type and kind including an enclosure, having an openingcontrolled by a separable fastener to facilitate insertion and removalof the trousers and to protect the trousers when in storage or, further,in handling the same when in transit.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. l is a broken perspective view of a device made according to myinvention, with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper portion of amodified form of structure which I employ, the section beingsubstantially on the line 22 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,with part of a garment shown diagrammatically in elevation.

In the structure shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, I employ a trouserhanger 10, preferably made from a single piece of wire, which is bent toform, at each end of the hanger, a pair of upstanding U-shaped trousercuff engaging members 11, which are integrally joined in a dependingelongated loop 12. At the inner portions of the members 11 are dependingrods 13 which are of sufficient depth to freely extend the members 11into the cutfs of a pair of trousers and extending downwardly andinwardly from the rods 13 are converging rods 14, which are welded orotherwise joined, as at 15, one of the rods 14 including an integralupstanding long shank 16, at the upper end of which is a hook-shapedhanger 17.

In the use of the hanger adjacent cuff portions of the trouser legs areplaced in the members 11, in other words, the forward members 11 wouldengage the cuif of one trouser leg; whereas, the rear members 11 wouldengage the cuflf of the other trouser leg. The members 11 will bepositioned close to the pressed creases of the trouser legs, thusmaintaining the trouser legs in an extended position operating to holdthe trouser legs in pressed condition.

At 18 I have shown an enclosure for protection of the trousers supportedon the hanger 10. This enclosure, descriptively speaking, may be termeda protector element. The element is preferably formed from lightweighttransparent or translucent plastic material, but can be formed from anydesired material. It comprises two wide sides 19, which taper or flarefrom the upper hanger end to the lower end, as clearly indicated by thewide showing in the broken view of Fig. 1.

The sides 19 are joined by a narrow top wall 20, side walls 21 and 22and a bottom wall. The top wall has, centrally thereof, an eyelet 23,through which the hook 17 and shank 16 of the hanger 10 is adapted topass, in the manner diagrammatically shown. The side wall 22 has alongitudinal opening therein, which is closed by a separable slidefastener, diagrammatically indicated at 24, the slider of this fastenerbeing diagrammatically indicated at and, in the closed position, wouldassume a position adjacent the top wall 20, as indicated. By moving theslider 25 downwardly, the side 22 is T opened for the insertion andremoval of trousers from the hanger 10.

If the hanger 10 is arranged upon a hanger rod, the trouser legs can beremoved from the members 11. On the other hand, in some instances, thehook end portion 17 of the hanger 10 can be passed through the eyelet 23in removal of the trousers from the element 18 and, then, the hook canbe recoupled with the element.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, I have shown a slight modification, inwhich a different type of garment hanger 26 is employed and, wherein,the element 18' is generally similar to the structure of the element 18with two exceptions. For example, the element 18 will be of sufficientlength to hang the trousers full length from a support; whereas, in Fig.2 of the drawing, the element 18' would be approximately one-half thelength of the element 18 to facilitate support of the trousers in foldedposition upon the hanger 26, which will be later described. The othervariation in the element 18' consists in suitably fixing upon the innersurface of the top wall 20 of the element 18' a suitable cushioningstrip 27.

The hanger 26 comprises an elongated roller 28 extending the majorportion of the width of the element 18, as indicated in Fig. 2 of thedrawing, the roller being of sufficient diameter to support foldedtrousers thereon, part of which are diagrammatically seen at 29 in Fig.3 of the drawing, without danger of creasing. The roller 28 is supportedupon a rod 30, the ends of which extend laterally, as indicated at 31 inFig. 3 of the drawing.

These ends then extend toward each other to the central portion of theelement 18 and are suitably welded or otherwise joined at 32. One of therods extend upwardly from the juncture at 32, as indicated at 33, thisrod then extending inwardly to the transverse central portion of the topwall 20, as indicated at 34, and, then, upwardly in a shank 35, similarto the shank 16, the shank 35 passing through an eyelet 23, similar tothe eyelet 23. The shank 35, at its outer end, has a hook 36, similar tothe hook 17.

It will appear from a consideration of Fig. 3 of the drawing that thecushioned strip 27 has a recess 37 therein 4 for receiving the part 34of the rod and also an aperture 38 registering with the recess 37 andthe eyelet 23', the aperture 38 receiving the shank 35.

Suflicient clearance will be provided in the recess 37 to facilitatefree movement of the hanger 26 at the upper portion of the element 18',so that the trousers 29 can be moved into frictional engagement with thesurface of the strip 27, as indicated at 29'. This engagement willprevent shifting of the garment 29 upon the roller, thus maintaining thetwo side portions of the folded garment in proper position on the roller28 in the handing and handling of the assemblage.

In referring to handling of the assemblage, it will be understood thatmy improved protector elements 18, 18 facilitate transportation oftrousers in travelling, protecting the trousers in such handling andalso facilitating packaging or storage of the trousers in a motor carmaintaining the trousers in good condition and against unnecessarycreasing in the handling and transportation thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A trouser hanging and protecting device, comprising an elongatedcontainer having a narrow hanging end and a wide lower end, saidcontainer being defined by simi- Patented Sept. 10, 19357 lar front andback walls joined and spaced by top, bottom and side walls, one sidewall having a separable fastener closure to gain access to the interiorof said container, the top wall having a central opening, a trouserhanger disposed in the, upperportion ofethe container and extendingsubstantially the 'full width of the narrow end of thecontainer adjacentsaid top wall, said hanger in- 2. A trouser hanging and protectingdevice, comprising an elongatedcontainer having a narrow hanging end anda wide lower end, said container being defined by similar front and backwalls joined and spaced by top, bottom and side walls, one side wallhaving a separable fastener closure to gain access to the interior ofsaid container, the top wall having a central opening, a trouser hangerdisposed in the upper portion of the container and extendingsubstantially the full width of the narrow end of the container adjacentsaid top wall, said hanger including a hanger hook extending outwardlythrough the opening in said top wall, said hanger comprising anelongated rod, a roller mounted on said rod, the hook of said hangerjoining the rod in angularly offset portions to dispose the hook inperpendicular alinement with the rod, and further to provide clearancefor arranging a folded pair of trousers upon the roller of said rod.

3. A trouser hanging and protecting device, comprising an elongatedcontainer having a narrow hanging end and a wide lower end, saidcontainer being defined by similar front and back walls joined andspaced by top, bottom and side walls, one side wall having a separablefastener closure to gain access to the interior of said container, thetop wall having a central opening, a trouser hanger disposed in theupper portion of the container and extending substantially the fullwidth of the narrow end of the container adjacent said top wall, saidhanger including a hanger hook extending outwardly through the openingin said top wall, the inner surface of said top wall including acushioning pad, said hanger including a roller spaced below thecushioning pad of said top wall, and said hanger being movablevertically in the top wall to establishing frictional engagement of apair of folded trousers arranged upon said roller with said pad.

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